Clothes-pounder



(Nb Model.) I

' G. E. ALLGAIER.

GLOTHES POUNDER.

5 No. 496,506. Patented May 2,1893.

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GEORGE E. ALLGAIER, OF HILLSBOROUGH, TEXAS.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 496,506, dated May 2,1893. Application filed December 24, 1892- Serial No. 456,266. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ALLGAIER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsborough, in the countyof Hill and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Atmospheric Clothes- Pounders; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

My invention is an atmospheric clothespounder; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of its parts.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1, is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2, is an inverted sectional view of Fig. 1, taken on theline 2, 2.

My invention is described as follows:

a, is a hollow cylinder.

1), is a cone-shaped cup having its upper edge I), secured to thecylinder a, near its upper end at the point indicated by the letter 0,its lower edge being a little more than flush with the lower end of thecylinder a.

(Z, is an inner cup having straight sides and having its upper edgesecured to the inner face of the cup I), not far from its lower edge ata point indicated by the letter 6; attached to and extending from theouter face of the cylinder a, are four radial divisions f, the outeredges of which are attached to the inner face of the cup d, andextending on upwardly to a point are attached to the inner face of theouter cone-shaped cup I), from the point indicated by the letter a, tothe point indicated by the letter 0, (Fig. 2.) Attached to the outerface of the cup cl, and radially extending therefrom are divisions g,the outer edges of which extend upward to the point indicated by theletter 6, and are attached to the inner face of the cone-shaped cup I);these attachments are air-tight so that no aircan pass from one divisionto the other.

I claim an improvement consisting of the following points: Dividing theouter section into compartments so that air in escaping is distributedevenly from all sides of the pounder instead of escaping in a body fromone side, whenever the pounder strikes a wad or knot of clothes and istipped sidewise; it also makes the suction better, for the same reason;in other words: the compartments in: sure an equal pressure and suctionregardless of any inequalities of the surface of the clothes with whichthe pounder comes in contact. The inner compartments are for the purposeas described for the outer compartments and the radial divisions f,besides dividing the space between the cylinder at, cups 1?, (1, intocompartments act as braces supporting the cylinder a, that holds thehandle h. Also by this method of bracing the whole pounder, the pounderis made perfectly rigid and substantial.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The pounder, consisting of the hollow cylinder a; cone-shaped cup 1),its lower edge a little more than flush with the lower end of saidcylinder, its upper edge secured to said cylinder near its upper end;inside cup d, its lower edge nearly flush with the lower edge of the cupb, its upper edge attached to the inner face of cup b, at a point notfar from the lower edge of said cup; radial divisions f, having theirinner edges secured to the outer face of the cylinder a, and their outeredges secured to the inner face of the cup d, up to its contactwith cupb, then to the inner face of cup b, up to its contact with cylinder a;and radial divisions g, having their inner edges secured to the outerface of the cup (i, and their outer edges to the inner face of the cup12, up to its contact with cup d, all substantially as shown anddescribed and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. ALLGAIER.

Witnesses:

GEO. A. Bonn, G. F. WEAR.

